Justice and priority setting issues will be addressed in greater detail in Section 3. Public health draws its foundational legitimacy from the essential and direct role that health plays in human flourishing, whether that role is understood ultimately in terms of maximizing health or of promoting health in order to advance social justice.
DCEs are increasingly being used to address priority setting issues in healthcare, both in primary care [ 12], and secondary care [ 13, 14].
Moreover, participants suggested that there should be public involvement regarding more general priority setting issues and the sustainability of the healthcare system, and where and why recourses should be allocated within healthcare.
The court acknowledged the need for priority setting in which issues of effectiveness, the seriousness of the condition and cost were taken into account.
Resource allocation and priority setting are challenging issues faced by health policy decisionmakers requiring careful consideration of many factors, including objective (e.g., reason) and subjective (e.g., empathy) elements [ 1].
In particular, the findings of this study have demonstrated that population health monitoring data can be used as an advocacy tool (to attract attention and funding to an issue), priority setting (identifying areas and target groups for intervention), support and justify existing programs/approaches, or identify the need for alternatives.
The priority-setting issue with regard to HR in the study area should be to secure access to a determined threshold of quality, with increased availability of this level of quality provided as resources and managerial capacity are made available.
Respondents to a recent WHO research priority setting exercise scored implementation issues related to PPFP among the highest of family planning research priorities.
Keeping the priority setting exercise separate from issues of implementation is particularly important in this respect, supporting the development of clear recommendations based on the health care objectives identified in the priority setting exercise rather than political considerations.
This affects government health ministries, because the priorities of the finance ministry are often different from those of the health ministry and priority setting and resource allocation issues become sources of conflict.
This paper addresses the issue of priority setting for research programming in a multi-layered and multilateral context, taking into account the interests of diverse stakeholder groups.
